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• Ash-throated Casiornis Casiornis fuscus

  

  A rufous flycatcher of Brazil. Its breeding habitat differs from the open woodland and savannas used by migrants outside the breeding period.

• Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora

  The Charming Hummingbird occurs on Costa Rica's southern Pacific side. It uses forest edges, riverside woodland and other open habitats such as coffee farms, and is reported to be solitary.

• Black-capped Foliage-gleaner Philydor atricapillus

  This furnariid is covered in a regional guide to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Its dark crown and rufous eyebrow stand out as it searches among foliage in the lower forest.

• Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi

  This flycatcher was recorded in the Korup area of southwestern Cameroon. The 1994 study reports it in treefall gaps and small forest clearings, alone or in pairs.

• Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii

  The Many-colored Fruit Dove is a small, compact dove with differences between the sexes. In island forests it feeds mainly on figs and gathers at fruiting trees.

• Patagonian Sierra Finch Phrygilus patagonicus

  This finch occurs along the forest–steppe ecotone of northwestern Patagonia. Males show blue-gray and chestnut, while females are gray and olive.

• Grenada Flycatcher Myiarchus nugator

  This flycatcher occurs on Grenada. It feeds on insects in forest, secondary growth, open woodland, and scrub; a song record is listed from Mt Hartmann Estate.

• Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii

  The Hispaniolan Emerald is a small hummingbird of forests and scrub on Hispaniola. It feeds on flower nectar and also takes fruit. Older accounts may use the former genus Chlorostilbon; this entry keeps the candidate pool's scientific name.

• Tepui Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla roraimae

  This ovenbird lives in forests around the tepuis. Adults are unstreaked, with a pale throat and eyebrow contrasting with the darker body. It probes arboreal bromeliads and bamboo node sheaths and gleans branches and vines.

• Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia

  This bird has a grey-brown back and a paler belly. It is active at dusk and at night, singing loudly from waterside thickets.

• Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron phayrei

  The male has a grey head and maroon wings. The female is mostly green, and both feed on fruit in forest habitats.

• Blue-and-gold Tanager Bangsia arcaei

  This blue-and-yellow tanager lives in Costa Rican mountain forests. Adults have dark blue upperparts and bright yellow underparts, and use the canopy as well as shrubs at forest edges.

• Rough-legged Tyrannulet Acrochordopus burmeisteri

  Current IOC-based taxonomy treats this small bird as Acrochordopus burmeisteri. It is recorded in Argentina, with olive upperparts and a yellow belly.

• White-tailed Emerald Microchera chionura

  The White-tailed Emerald is a small hummingbird of Pacific-slope foothills from Costa Rica to western Panama. Males contrast green plumage with white, while females show a white throat.

• Band-tailed Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus

  The Band-tailed Earthcreeper is a ground-dwelling bird of arid shrub steppe. It walks through low vegetation with its tail raised and sometimes makes short flights between shrubs.

• Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris

  The Lesser Shortwing is a small brown flycatcher with very short wings and tail and a white eyebrow that can become conspicuous when excited. It stays secretive in forest undergrowth.

• Wetar Ground Dove Pampusana hoedtii

  The Wetar Ground Dove is a ground-dwelling dove whose plumage differs strongly between males and females.

• Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus

  A small finch of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Short seasonal movements have been reported in western Ecuador.

• White-fronted Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons

  In the Peruvian Andes, this ground-tyrant is associated with high-altitude bogs and cushion plants, at 3,700–4,900 m in the Peru Aves account. It can be locally common where suitable habitat occurs.

• Beautiful Hummingbird Calothorax pulcher

  A small hummingbird of dry interior scrub and brushy woodland in southwestern Mexico; cactus flowers are a frequent food source.

• Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides

  It has a long, strongly curved red bill.

• Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera

  The male has conspicuous white patches on the forehead and wings in spring. It breeds in mountain forests from Morocco to Tunisia; much of its winter range is unknown.

• Cinnamon Imperial Pigeon Ducula basilica

  The Cinnamon Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon of forest on Indonesia's North Maluku Islands. It eats fruit.

• Vampire Ground Finch Geospiza septentrionalis

  This small ground finch lives on Darwin and Wolf Islands in the northwestern Galápagos. It is known for pecking at the bases of seabirds' feathers and drinking blood.